No detail too small for the Perry people

You might think the winners of U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s bumper sticker contest would be of little interest to Gov. Rick Perry’s camp as the legislative session enters its final days with major issues still up in the air.

You’d be wrong on that.

Perry spokesman Mark Miner was quick to poke a stick at the Hutchison campaign’s announcement that Matt Margolis and Ali Akbar won with their Kay/flag combo (the bumper sticker is being sold as a money-raiser for Hutchison’s campaign against Perry).

Miner jibed, “The two winners are national bloggers and are not even from Texas. Also, Matt Margolis was a Bush Blogger. They should apologize to the three other people who may have participated in this questionable contest.”

Hutchison spokesman Hans Klingler poked right back: “Why is Rick Perry’s taxpayer funded mouthpiece more concerned about bumper sticker contests than he is the work of the legislature? I guess when Perry’s own staff said earlier this week he had no particular agenda to advance, that gave the office time to surf the internet, checking out his opponent’s campaign website. We will make sure Miner gets one of the bumper stickers he’s obviously fond of.”